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Macworld | iWorld 2012 this week — we’ll be there!
Posted by derekr on 01.23.12 | 4 Comments
Macworld is almost here!
Join us, if you would, on January 26th, 27th, and 28th at booth 802. (There’s no need for a map; it’s extremely close to the Exhibit Hall entrance.)
We won’t beg, but we’d love to see long-time users, show our stuff to some new users, and give away some Pretty Cool Things we had made up.
This is actually our 12th straight attendance, but I’m calling this Number One, because Frakes. And Ihnatko! No big deal.
There’s always something worth checking out at Macworld — at the very least, follow along with our Instagram (omnigroup) feed or our posts on Twitter: @omnigroup. We’ll be posting awesome things throughout our stay which will all be newsworthy, I’m sure.
Also: OmniPlan for iPad previews and a quick presentation on Friday at noon!
Take a gander at our presentation lineup by heading over to our permanent Macworld page, or read ahead.
Lastly, if you know of a fantastical ramen or dumpling place we should check out while we’re in San Francisco, comment or email!
Thursday 11:15 OmniGraffle: Space Planning 12:00 OmniOutliner: Building a Budget 1:15 OmniGraphSketcher: Data Visualization 2:00 OmniFocus: Weekly Review 2:45 OmniOutliner: Crafting Classy Documents 3:15 OmniGraffle: Basic Wireframing 4:00 OmniFocus: Daily To Do List Friday 10:30 OmniOutliner: Crafting Classy Documents 11:00 Ken Case Q&A 12:00 OmniPlan for iPad: First Look! 1:15 OmniGraffle: Basic Wireframing 2:00 OmniOutliner: Building a Budget 2:45 OmniFocus: The Basics 3:15 OmniGraffle: Space Planning 4:00 OmniFocus: Review Saturday 10:30 OmniGraphSketcher: Data Visualization 11:00 David Sparks 12:00 OmniGraffle: Space Planning 1:15 OmniFocus: The Basics 2:00 OmniOutliner: Building a Budget 2:45 OmniGraffle: Basic Wireframing 3:15 OmniFocus: Review 4:00 OmniOutliner: Crafting Classy Documents -
Omni Network Scheduled Downtime - Sat Mar. 26th, 10pm PDT
Posted by Aaron on 03.25.11 | 2 Comments
Hello World!
Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Aaron Bendickson and I'm Omni's Friendly Neighborhood Systems Administrator. Most of the time you never hear from me, which is probably an indication that I'm doing my job well. However, I wanted to let y'all know about some upcoming scheduled network downtime. This Saturday night, March 26th, starting at around 10pm PDT I'll be performing a migration on all of our production servers. Typically in sys-admin parlance the term "migration" means copying a bunch of files from one place to another and changing some configs but in this case it means *actually physically moving* all of our servers!
I'm hoping to have things back up and running within a couple hours. If you do happen to surf on over to our little corner of the web during the maintenance window you'll be greeted by a friendly little "We'll be right back" page. Consider this a perfect opportunity to chill out and spend a little time catching up on your Netflix Instant queue (something I know I'm always WAAAAY behind on).
Anyway, back to the dungeon... er, I mean data center. If you have any questions just drop us a line at support@omnigroup.com.
Thanks!
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Macworld 2011—A Post-Mortem
Posted by Michaela on 02.28.11 | 2 Comments
As you may have heard, we were once again bit by the Macworld bug. It was great to see those who could make it in the flesh and hear what's going on inside those those big brains of yours! If you missed any of our talks, or you'd like a refresher, you can find them here.
Chalk it up to sleep deprivation, dehydration, or blood pooling in our lower extremities (thus starving our thinking-meat of oxygen), but somewhere on day two (or 28) of the conference, something happened. It was something so... so... terribawesome that not sharing the results of our
pre-show time-wastingIdle Handsexperience would be a great disservice to the not-yet-undead segment of humanity.Okay. You get it. We're zombies. (Subtlety? Not my forte.) And—fair warning—we make quite frightening zombies. Especially Brain. I mean Brian! And Lotus the cat.
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Omni On The Road—Macworld 2011
Posted by Michaela on 01.24.11 | 10 Comments
It's that time of year again: the Golden Gate bridge is hitting snooze and the warm glow of Moscone's florescent lights are calling to us, like moths to an energy efficient bulb.
That's right, gang—Omni's going to Macworld.
If you, like us, are headed to San Francisco later this week, please feel free to stop by! Ask questions, pick up a little swag, take our apps for a test drive (iPad too!), or check out one our many presentations from David Sparks, Merlin Mann, and members of the Omni Staff. (You can find the schedule here.)
We're really excited to put in some face time with you guys and show off what we've been up to here in the Pacific Northwest. We're going to be sending real, live
Omni-itesOmni-ansOmni-ersOmni-voresOmni folk to chat with real, live Omni users like yourself (and those who might be curious, of course). If you've ever sent us support email or a love letter, you might put a name with a face! While these ladies and gents are on the show floor, please keep in mind that they won't be able to answer email so support response time might be a bit longer than usual.We're looking forward to going and hope to see you there!
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Omni’s iPad applications at work
Posted by Molly Reed on 11.11.10 | 10 Comments
Hey, everybody! Have OmniGraffle or OmniFocus for iPad changed the way you work? We'd like to learn how you're using Omni's iPad apps in your business. If you're interested in telling your story, we'd love to hear from you! We'd really appreciate it if you emailed us at marketing@omnigroup.com with some brief details. Thanks!
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The Ninjas receive a rocket! (Also, we have the best customers ever.)
Posted by Brian on 04.30.10 | Comment
A Fable: It did come to pass, that upon a Tuesday, (the 27th of April, to be precise), Monica, one of the Elite members of our Support Ninja dojo, responded to an OmniFocus feature request. She did so, of course, with her usual (by which I mean exceptional) skill, grace, and professionalism.
In this way, the email was not unique. But, dear reader: do not be fooled. While the email was not unique in this particular way, the email was indeed unique. For it was the first email we would receive from this customer, but it was not the last.
Within a few hours of the sending of Monica's response, we received another email from the same address. This one, however, was different. The title included the words "Tracking Number".
The ninjas were puzzled, for they had placed no order.
The ninjas, however, are students of Sun Tzu, who teaches:
Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with suspicious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared.
So the ninjas observed.
This afternoon, a package arrived. "What could it contain?" they asked.
It was flat.
It was light.
It made no sound.
With care, the Ninjas opened the package. With surprise, they saw that it contained a Medium Astro Rocket from the fine folks at CardboardSafari.com.
We have erected a shrine to the Astro Rocket. It is awesome. We have the best customers ever. We're grateful for both.
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Omni Group’s new website design
Posted by Linda Sharps on 03.03.10 | 27 Comments
If you're not reading this via RSS, you may notice that things look a bit . . . different around here. It's not just the blog that got a facelift—after many many years of the same website design, we have finally made some big changes to good old www.omnigroup.com.
Our main goal was to re-engineer the site so that even us non-technical folks could update it, and if you're interested in the behind the scenes stuff, it's running on Expression Engine. The secondary goal was to spruce up the content and make everything, you know, shinier. A big public thank you needs to go out to our graphics guru, Grayson West, and web-ninjas-for-hire, Blue Flavor, for working through endless revisions and not throttling anyone during the process.
We have plenty of things we plan to add to the site, and we're still working on updating our online store, but we're pretty happy with the new look and feel. We hope you like it too.
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Come see Merlin at Omni's Macworld booth (#760)
Posted by Linda Sharps on 02.09.10 | 29 Comments
From the mouth of the Mann himself, folks:
Merlin Mann: Advanced Secrets of the Omnifocus Ninja
Thursday through Saturday afternoons from 1:30-2:30pm, Merlin Mann (43 Folders, MacBreak Weekly, You Look Nice Today) will stealthily rappel into the Omni Group's booth (#760) to demonstrate the arcane and deadly methods of the OmniFocus Ninja. Long thought by many to be an elaborate myth or hoax, these ancient productivity moves unlock the hidden power of Omni's award-winning task management app.
- Working the bookmarklet
Friction-free task management right from your iPhone - Tricking-out your Perspectives
Slice and dice your work into perfect-sized cubes - Novel uses for on-hold projects
Out of sight means out-of-mind -- until you need it - Location, Location, Location!
Using the power of location-awareness in your contexts - BONUS: Five more tiny OmniFocus tricks almost nobody knows about
(seeeeeekr1t!)
Hope to see you there!
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Macworld swag that doesn't suck
Posted by Linda Sharps on 02.05.10 | 1 Comment
Rejected swag items for our booth at the Macworld Expo next week:
• Jellybeans in novelty flavors: Black Licorice, Cumin, Uncoated Aspirin, Gorgonzola
• Foam lightbulb squeeze toy with "I CAN HAZ BRITE IDEAZ?" imprinted on side
• Cadmium-coated fountain pen
• Baby Alive "Wets & Wiggles" doll
• Custom hemp/lanolin blend t-shirt
• Scratch-n-sniff iPads
If you're going to Macworld, make sure to stop by #760 for some actual non-crappy tradeshow stuff, including an Omni Geek-Friendly Field Notebook. For those that buy our software at the show you'll receive a 1GB USB stick, lovingly hand-crafted from both bamboo and awesome.
We hope to see you there!
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Haiti earthquake
Posted by Molly Reed on 01.13.10 | Comment
After seeing what happened yesterday in Haiti, one of our employees suggested that we might be able to organize a group donation to organizations providing aid. A few hours and several discussions later, we were able to combine company funds and employee contributions to donate $45,100 to the following organizations:
Events like this make us feel fortunate for the safety of our families. I just wanted to take a moment to commend our employees for getting involved and recognize how honored I am to be able to work with such a great group of caring and generous people.
If you've been thinking about donating to an aid organization, we hope that this inspires you to take the next step.
